1953 Dutch Grand Prix

1953 Dutch Grand Prix
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Zandvoort original layout
Zandvoort original layout
Race details
Date 7 June 1953
Official name IV Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.193 km (2.605 miles)
Distance 90 laps, 377.370 km (234.488 miles)
Weather Sunny, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:51.1
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari
Time 1:52.8 on lap 59
Podium
First
  • Italy Alberto Ascari
Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1953 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 7 June 1953 at the Circuit Zandvoort. It was race 3 of 9 in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari after he started from pole position. His teammate Nino Farina finished second and Maserati drivers José Froilán González and Felice Bonetto came in third